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All of it provides up for Bergs: Huge targets, crowd help & extra
Belgian speaks completely to ATPTour.com
September 11, 2025
Peter Staples/ATP Tour
All of it provides up for Zizou Bergs.
By ATP Workers
All of it provides up for Zizou Bergs, who appreciates each element of the game, from competing on the huge phases to the small experiences and all the pieces in between. However some issues stand out.
ATPTour.com caught up with the Belgian to debate his favorite rivalry, biggest success, targets, essentially the most distinctive second of his profession and extra.
What’s your favorite tennis rivalry?I imply, it was positively Nadal-Federer. Let’s examine how it will be now. Now the largest rivalry, I believe is Alcaraz-Sinner. However possibly these new younger guys, they’re gonna carry up the warmth as nicely with Joao [Fonseca] and possibly Learner [Tien]. Let’s examine. However they already did, like varied spectacular match two days in the past or three days in the past [here in Miami].
What makes a terrific rivalry for you? An awesome rivalry is one thing that is traditionally happening. So, time over time, they meet once more. And it is with profitable and losses from either side, particularly the group getting concerned. Possibly generally Federer-Nadal was very gentleman-like, possibly generally somewhat bit provocative. Is also enjoyable. However I believe positively when a crowd begins to become involved in it, it could possibly be a really good one.
Who would you say your biggest rival is?I haven’t got one. I’ve a distinct path, a distinct route. I really feel like nobody follows my path. Possibly the youthful [players], they meet one another already within the early Tennis Europe [events] and after the juniors, and so they rise collectively very quick. However I’ve a slow-fast-slow-slow-slow-fast run. In order that’s why I haven’t got anybody.
What’s been essentially the most distinctive second in your profession?The French Open. Clearly, it is also result-wise associated. However for me, it is also crucial with the crowds, associated [to that]. How a lot they’re with me, how a lot they help me, how a lot of a celebration we will make on the tennis courtroom. And that is taking place in Davis Cup and [Belgium].
However all the pieces got here somewhat bit collectively on the French Open, the place I got here by means of the qualies profitable my first essential attract a Grand Slam match, after which transferring ahead to the third spherical towards Dimitrov on Philippe Chatrier and likewise final spherical qualies at Suzanne Lenglen towards Mathias Bourgue. I believe these moments have been essentially the most distinctive in my profession to this point.
What is the largest accomplishment or quantity or rating you’ve got been pursuing?The longest and the largest was Prime 100. However then once I reached it, after we sat down and get our new targets, it was clearly Prime 50. However then on the finish of the 12 months, we acquired a brand new one, and that is Prime 20. So now [only] the Prime 20 is in my head.
What is the biggest problem you’ve got needed to overcome? Has there been a tricky second or so?Most tough was the bodily a part of me with the cramp historical past. However then as a result of my physique was all the time letting me down, at a sure level, my head was additionally letting me down. After which I believe that was the hardest second in 2019, once I moved out of Belgium to strive one thing new in Spain.
And by doing that, leaving even all my household and pals [back] dwelling, regardless that that is tremendous necessary to me, I actually grew to become completely satisfied once more as a result of exhausting work I put there. [I was] solely having tennis, however actually working very exhausting, and that may make me, on the finish of the day, essentially the most completely satisfied.
What’s your favorite match to play and why?What’s your favorite match to play and why?
[It was] Antwerp or the French Open, or Davis Cup. Simply the place a number of Belgians are coming and beginning to dwell one thing collectively.
What’s been your biggest off-court expertise you’ve got gotten due to the lifetime of a tennis participant?There may be so many good issues after we’re touring and you’ve got the perks of being a tennis participant and the match is organising actions, or some individuals are inviting you to do actions. From having a ship journey to visiting one thing native to only have a dinner along with the household at their home in a selected nation, it’s all of these small issues. It’s simply actually cool to have the ability to [do] since you journey round quite a bit. However typically, you solely see the resort and the tennis membership, however then to do one thing out of it, when individuals are inviting you or organise one thing, and also you generally realise what all advantages you might have being a tennis participant.
